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04 Mar 2015 10:36:46am

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"Corals don't like hot water"?

So why is it that the majority are found in warm tropical waters?

"The Oceans are 30% more acidic compared with Pre-industrial times"?

When did the Oceans become acidic? Currently the pH level on average is 8.14. Neutral pH level is 7, everything above is Alkaline and cannot be Acidic in nature - so the Oceans can be said to be less Alkaline, but it would be a falsehood to describe them as becoming more "acidic". Only an alarmist would use the false term "more acidic" to create an atmosphere of alarm.

"He says the world’s oceans have changed more in the past thirty years than during the whole of human history"

Recorded Human history or Human evolutionary history? 10,000 years ago during the last Ice Age, ocean levels were up to 100 metres lower than the present day. The Great Barrier Reef did not exist, or at least did not exist in its present location or at its present size.

Our world is constantly changing, whether that change is natural, by our hand, or by an external event. To try to conserve that which is ever changing is foolhardy, more so if it is at the expense of Mankind. We can save millions of children from hunger now or we can throw money and resources away in the vain effort to try and conserve that which is forever changing.

The choice is yours.

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